Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-02-08
TUESDAY. FEBRUARY 8. 1887
ADannnrons Party.


of the House of Representatives; they
have lost the Presidency; and they are
likely soon to lose the Supreme Court
of the United States, or rather upon
the Supreme bench there will soon be
at least five Justices who do not hold
that our Government is u consolidated
central despotism.
The leading BLAINE organ, in view
of these facts and this prospect, sounds
the alarm, and gives notice to all con-
cerned that at all hazards the Repub
licans intend if possible to maintain
their ascendsncy in the United States
Senate, which has the power ofrefusing
to confirm nominations for the Su-
preme Court. and of declining to pass
such bills as the Democratic House of
Representative may send to it,
The Republican party has indeed had
a remarkable history. 1t originated in
the determination of the northern Abo
litionists not to obey the Constitution
of the United States After the United
States Government had put an end to
the war, and had sacrificed hundreds
of thousands of lives to prove that the
southern States had never been out Of
the Union and could not possibly
secede or separate from the other
States, the Republican party turned all
those same States out of the Union,
and refused TO allow them to be
represented in Congress until they
had ratified several so-called arti-
Giles of amendment to the Federal
Constitution In other words, the
thirteenth, fourteenth, and fifteenth
amendments were ratified under du-
ress. They were submitted for ratifi-
cation by Congress composed of men,
bers from but few except northern
States. They were submitted to the
southern States as if these had been
States, but these same States were no.
titled that they were not to be recog-
nized as States-that Is, were not to be
permitted to be represented in Con-
gress-until these alleged amendments
were ratified.
The theory upon which all these
wrongful and unconstitutional acts were
done was that by organizing a Repub-
hcan party in the southern States and
banding the negroes together against
the whites, the perpetual ascendancy
of the Republican party would be in
sured.
But the expected results did not fol-
low all this thimble-r iggingand trickery
and wrong-doing. The rule of the
scalawags and carpet-baggers soon ter
minated in all the southern States, and
the Republican party has been gradu-
ally made to surrender its hold upon
the Executive department and one half
the Legislative department. And that
belated war party, which ought to have
died twenty years ago at least, has de-
termined to endeavor to hold on TO The
Senate. We can attach no other mean
ing to the latest outgivings of the lead
ing BLAINE organ and leading Repubh-
can paper in the United States, the New
York TriJlme. In its issue of last
Saturday that paper says;
"TwTie, Of Indiana. Is not a senator, but
claimant lie will present himself with a GER
tnc0te signe1 by the Democratic Governor, II
il true. but that is no; the only evidence which
The laws and the Senate require"
Recollect, the United States statute
REQUIRES the election of United States
Senators to be certified 10y the Execu-
tive of the State We called attention
day or two ago TO Mr.. HoAR's Objec-
ton to receiving the certificate of the
Governor Of Tennessee, although the
law requires such certificate TO be
given.
Read the Tribune again:
"1be control Of the senate for two years Is
rot the only stake. Even If, besides Reagan, Of
and The M est virginia Senators not vet
chogen. the Democrats could seat ciaimants
tfp,p Indiana and New jersey, they would have
only thirty-sevon members while the Republi-
cans have thiriy-eight without and thirty-nne
with Mr. Rlddlebcrger By voting with the
DefDocrals Mr. RiddIehergcr could only make
a Tic. But two years hence tho terms of twen-
,y-siz SENATOR win expire, OF Tn SG, twelve twelve
Gratis; Mt Mcpherson i from Now Jersey,
Senators are slso 70 be elected from coorado
Oregon Mi9Ses9 ana A sSs. hsmpSs's; are
seated 70 make re shi, year enough other or
tue senate after iie next presidential election.
s,olsp p fraud aad nassiaasion in Alabama,
SsSrgs are peeted Carry CARRY
seats without year s hence ss, Il allowed
there are Democrats who win stop at 10 crime
ss sens,o Sr. mus. realize that it Is time to nut
an end 70 this business"
Once more
,si n eos Senator so@ethins Of nrencS
put out - S ,s, sSS fssa Of iinSisas gn
member had far better rgh' to ST aud vote in
creature q crime alone The rebellion Ss assi iS
sss I moi ' as So sSo q y To +